Tag: Wasp

November 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
November 10, 2025

Recap of November 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector This month’s Florida First Detector webinar took a closer look at Hymenoptera. This is an order of insects that includes wasps, bees, ants, hornets, and sawflies. Hymenopterans ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bees, Biosecurity, Early Detection, Eradication, FFD25-26, FloridaFirstDetector, Honeybees, Hornet, SeminoleCountyAg, Wasp

Are Figs Pollinated by Wasp?

by Amir Rezazadeh
January 31, 2023

Before we can talk about how wasps help figs pollinate, we need to know more about the different kinds of figs. There are no visible flowers on fig trees. A fig is a larger and fleshy stem that wraps the small flowers inside an inflorescence. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Fig, PolliNATION, Wasp

Protecting pollinators around the backyard

by Jonael Bosques
November 4, 2021

We have all read how important pollinators are to an ecosystem. We have also heard of all the causes for the decline of several species, but maybe we haven’t sat down to think of what we can do to improve their health around our homes. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Backyard, Bee, Biodiversity, Butterflies, Cover Crops, Extension, Flowers, IFAS, Nectar, Pesticide, Plant, Pollinator, Pollinator Garden, Protection, UF, Wasp, Wildlife

IPM – Biological Control: The Braconid Wasp (Cotesia congreta)

by Prissy Fletcher
September 19, 2021

Hornworms are immature moths that can be devastating pests, especially on crops in the Solanaceae family such as peppers and tomatoes. These moths are in the Sphingidae family. The tobacco and tomato hornworms are especially damaging during ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Biological Control, Hornworm, IPM, Peppers, Wasp

Imposter Identities: “Murder Hornets” vs. Eastern Cicada Killers

by Tia Silvasy
October 30, 2020

2020: a year of a global pestilence, a record number of Atlantic basin tropical systems, global wildfires, suspicious Chinese seed packages, and toilet paper shortages. Enter, the “MURDER HORNET” – an invasive hymenoptera with a painfully ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Wildlife
Tags: "murder Hornet", Hornet, Invasive Species Control, Wasp

Another article, another wasp – another beneficial insect

by Paul Schumaker
May 2, 2018

By Ralph E. Mitchell Wasps are so amazing that I am going to continue on a roll with another beneficial wasp article. Imagine if you had a tiny automated drone programmed to find and kill cockroaches. How much would you be willing to pay ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beneficial, Cockroach, Ensign Wasp, Integrated Pest Management, Wasp

Protection from Citrus Greening?

by maxine32666
December 1, 2017

Citrus greening (also known as HLB or Huanglongbing) is a bacterial disease affecting citrus production around the world, it was first found in South Florida in 2005. Citrus greening affects all citrus cultivars causing overall tree decline/ ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bacteria, Biocontrol, Citrus, Disease, Greening, HLB, Huanglongbing, Hunter, Parasitoid, Psyllid, Tamarixia, Wasp

Managing Feral Bee or Wasp Colonies on Your Property

by Amy Vu
November 14, 2017

As Africanized honey bees establish a stronger presence in Florida, it is crucial for public safety reasons that any swarms or feral honey bee colonies found nesting in close proximity to humans or animals be removed or eradicated by trained ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bee Removal, Bees, Ocenews, Pest Control, Pest Control Operator, Wasp

Potter’s Wasp Pot on the Wall

by Ed Thralls
October 26, 2017

Potter’s wasps make the jug-like mud nests found on buildings, window sills, screens, and shrubs around the home. Although many wasps make mud nests, the jug-like pots of Potter’s wasp are not easily confused with those of other species. ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Potter's Wasp, Wasp

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